The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-13

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Peters against the ruling of Judge Du-
Bose, quashing the Indictment on
which Charles Talbot had been given
two years for stealing $40 from the
cash drawer OF the cigar stand In the
Gayoso Hotel, has been sustained bv
the Supreme Court. Talbot will =.
least have this term 10 serve. 4"
B. T. Frost, OF Henrietts,
county, Tex, has written TO O Jay
Court Cleik Q ligley, asking for I cn'
nation OF the heirs OF Robert n enio.
who died during the 1exasr ., SCos,
OF 1885, Some OF them are oIu.'on =
live in or near Memphis. nrhoosut y
man claims they are EMIT "a 40 scn..s.
estate in Texas. Aeu W ~'so
"A small blfze at oa
600 sho,tIv after a, We Sctfnndr OIL
a aHs S s,nsed o, O'Clock yesterday
shs s.e dsns,tne alarm aud run by
VIC liz t,ifinJ at. That the dam
80 ~, 'hs, Oity % apparent from the
,ac' 'nas wy Aitor Ricketts, thrust
e,s nsAu Su ian uppers'ory window
nlL ,,i u 90 after e'fire had been
pku'ssm d and innocently inquired
an Application for charter for
Sne !" Jrne Benefit Association. has
nleu nth the Register. The incor-
porS ,crs are T. E. West. G. W. Mar
I I'D A. d. Young, T. J. Love, q. II.
n "a, A. Mays, Thomas g. Gather, A.
!. French, Levi Orr, W. F. Lake, h.
] J, Jackson, H. 8. Jordan, B. w. Will
lliams,'G. w. Payne and Charles H.
a Stacker. The object OF the association
y 10 TO pay sum not lees than $50 nor
IS more than $3.50 to the heirs of any de.
% ceased member, within sixty days af-
|, ter his death.
!; Frank Maydwell swore GU. war
,: rant before President Hadden yester-
& day against the California Tea and
Coffee Company, charging 1t with
swindling, running z Il enterprise
and prize lottery. He states that he
caught them manipulating the prizes
in order TO demonstrate the truthful
ness OF the claim thai they were really
there to bs drawn. The autho rites
} were also informed day or two ago
; by letter from tea and coffee dealer
that the company was humbug.
Clifton Spencer, who tas served
more tnan one term on the chain
gang for attempted house breaking,
L was arrested by Officer Jenny early
yesterday morning for stealing an AP.
PEAL from the mails at the Mississippi
and Tennesste depot. He had been
under suspicion for several days, and
fell under a close watch yesterday.
When SEARCHED at the station house,
q gold watch and chain were found,
which he admitted to have stolen
from W. o. Kerr. He also wore new
suit Of clothes belonging to Mr.. Kerr.
!. He was turned over to Tailor Mason.
= Judge Douglass, as counsel fJr
b. John Jones, the murderer Of Henry
d. Buford, 10 making desperate fight to
d. get his client free. It will be Iemem-
btrsd that colored jury found him
5 guilty OF assault and battery, and q
motion for new trial followed. Judge
DuBose yesterday overruled the mo-
ton and sentenced him to eleven
months and twenty-nine days in the
workhouse. The Judge also fined him
$50 and sentenced him 10 six months
in the workhouse for carrying pistol.
An appeal was taken by the prisoners
counsel.
The bloodhounds sent to Oritten-
den county, Ark, Tuesday evening,
were brought back yesterday after
noon by Keeper Simons. He reports
the pursuing party worn completely
out and the chase abandoned. Ar
mold, ii Q murderer, is safely hidden
In the canebrakee, where no one dares
push him to the wall. Mr.. Simons
Gays the negroes vow eternal vepge-
ance against Arnold, and yet they are
known to have supplied him with
food and arms. The dogs were crowd
ing him closely, but the careful keep
or objected TO them getting beyond
his hearing and within range of the
neg o's pistols.
Samuel Cook, painter, met with
serious accident yesterday at Mr..
Penton's new residence, on Beals
street, opposite the Higbee school.
He was standing in a second floor
window, painting and holding on by
the sash. The sash was too small for
the frame and pulled out under the
strain put on 1t, Cook being precipi
tated to the ground a distance Of
| lcCb' OHO lex Wtb
. above the knee, his nose was smashed
fiat, his face was badly bruised and
n his skull was fractured. Mr.. Cook
was taken to the hospital, where he
> now lies in preCarious condition.
The grand jury returned the fol.
|, lowing indictments yesterday morn.
y ing: Jsmes M, Harris and Ned Patrick
L assault and battery upon ]. g Bailey
with intent to commit manslaughter
J. NJ. O, Pesrce and L. b. Suegs, attempt
u to commit manslaughter and carrying
+ pistols; Perry Rogers (three), ASSAULT
upon the Nsbors family, with intent
a to commit murder in the first degree
d John w. Hennegsn, obtaining money
y under false pretences from Fred Mort
by means Of forged check for $25 or
d the Bank of Commerce; Craze Rus
/. sell, CLARA Russell and Bay Peterson
Q larceny. These three are implicated
\ in the theft Of lot Of iewelry from
Miss Bertha Oohn.